Nice snowboarder Maxime Montaggioni won gold in banked slalom (UL category) at the Paralympic Games in Beijing this Friday. On the Genting snow park, the 32-year-old athlete beat the Chinese Ji Lijia and Zhu Yonggang.
Former taekwondo specialist, multiple snowboarding world champion
Former taekwondo specialist, born without a right forearm, Maxime Montaggioni was already multiple snowboarding world champion. There he obtained the first Paralympic title of his career.
This Friday morning, the Haut-Savoyard Benjamin Daviet also won another gold medal at the Paralympic Games. The flag bearer of the French delegation this time won the title in biathlon. France now has nine medals (including six gold) at these Games, which places it in 4th place in the ranking of countries.